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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Angevin"”.
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History and the Written Word in the Angevin Empire, (c. 1154 - c. 1200)
It is axiomatic that later twelfth-century England witnessed a growth in the sophistication of government and a related proliferation of written records. This period is also noted for its prolific and distinctive historical writing — which was often written by administrators and reproduced …
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Patronage in the re-Christianized Landscape of Angevin Apulia: The Rebuilding of Luceria sarracenorum into Civitas Sanctae Mariae
… and reconstruction were due to the rise of an Angevin state and investigates how the repopulated city's art and architecture were affected by the priorities of consolidation and centralization. This dissertation emphasizes the growth of Angevin cities as social and historical phenomena within …
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The King and His Court: The Culture of Royal Power and the Creation of the Angevin Empire Under Henry II
… build, govern, and legitimize his rule over the Angevin Empire, as well as attempt to create an Angevin dynasty. Examining these subjects advances ideas about medieval royal culture and its relation to political power and legal power in the twelfth century Angevin Empire.</p> <p>Historiography …
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Chivalry and Romantic Love in the Courts of Eleanor of Aquitane
… marriage to King Henry II of England created the Angevin empire, extending from the Pyrenees to Scotland. As Queen, Eleanor was able to instill in the courts of both kingdoms of northern Europe the refinements of her native Aquitaine. For these specific contributions, she merits greater praise.</p>
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Keeping Rapunzel: The Mysterious Guardianship of Joan of Flanders the Case for Feudal Constraint
… pawn in Edward III’s quest to recapture the Angevin Empire, Joan of Flanders fell victim to the politics of fourteenth-century war and conflict.
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Serving the man that ruled: aspects of the domestic arrangements of the household of King John, 1199-1216
… has been studied as part of the wider system of Angevin government. The political, administrative and financial elements of court are, however, entirely outside my remit. This thesis interrogates the evidence of the household ordinances from the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, by using a corpus …
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Chronographia and Imperium: continuing the chronicle tradition of Eusebius-Jerome and Sigebert of Gembloux in twelfth-century Normandy
… of Salvation. John of Salisbury, member of the Angevin court and, later, exiled by the outburst of the Becket dispute, recognized the political implications of Sigebert’s chronicle and wrote his Historia Pontificalis as a hybrid continuation and, at the same time, as an opposed reaction to …
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Scandinavian Influence on English Law, c. 870-1215
… Danish and Norman regimes, as well as in the Angevin period up until 1215. Each chapter demonstrates emerging patterns of ‘Scandinavianisation’ along lines which can be observed in the Danelaw and Scandinavian sources. Chapter 1 focusses on accusations becoming more severe and damning in …
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Interpolated lyric in medieval narrative poetry
… this French tradition from his position in the Angevin court of Naples. In addition, by investigating French translations of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae, I examine the structural importance of this work as a prosimetrum both upon French narratives containing songs, and upon Chaucer's …